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Tripoli
Libya’s UN-backed government said on Tuesday it welcomes all political initiatives aiming at finding a peaceful solution to the current fighting and preventing bloodletting in the war-torn country.
In a statement, Fayez Serraj, the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which has been fighting rival forces based in the east, called on all Libyan parties to swiftly resume political dialogue, brokered by the United Nations.
He called for agreeing on a comprehensive roadmap and a political process that brings together all Libyans, either through amending a 2015 political agreement and forming a presidential council and naming a separate prime minister, or conducting a general election in the near future.
The call comes as suffering by Libyans has worsened recently due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and continued attacks on the Libyan capital Tripoli and other cities, the statement said.
Since April 2019, the commander of the eastern-based forces, Khalifa Haftar, has been laying siege to the Libyan capital, Tripoli in a bid to seize it from the GNA.
Last week, Haftar announced a halt in fighting during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
In recent days, the GNA declared its forces have made gains by recapturing two strategic cities west of Tripoli.
Libya has been in turmoil since the 2011 overthrow of dictator Moamer Gaddafi and has become a battleground for rival proxy forces.
The oil-rich country has two competing administrations: the GNA in Tripoli and a Haftar-allied government based in the eastern city of Tobruk.
Tripoli
Libya’s UN-backed government said on Tuesday it welcomes all political initiatives aiming at finding a peaceful solution to the current fighting and preventing bloodletting in the war-torn country.
In a statement, Fayez Serraj, the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which has been fighting rival forces based in the east, called on all Libyan parties to swiftly resume political dialogue, brokered by the United Nations.
He called for agreeing on a comprehensive roadmap and a political process that brings together all Libyans, either through amending a 2015 political agreement and forming a presidential council and naming a separate prime minister, or conducting a general election in the near future.
The call comes as suffering by Libyans has worsened recently due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and continued attacks on the Libyan capital Tripoli and other cities, the statement said.
Since April 2019, the commander of the eastern-based forces, Khalifa Haftar, has been laying siege to the Libyan capital, Tripoli in a bid to seize it from the GNA.
Last week, Haftar announced a halt in fighting during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
In recent days, the GNA declared its forces have made gains by recapturing two strategic cities west of Tripoli.
Libya has been in turmoil since the 2011 overthrow of dictator Moamer Gaddafi and has become a battleground for rival proxy forces.
The oil-rich country has two competing administrations: the GNA in Tripoli and a Haftar-allied government based in the eastern city of Tobruk.
